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John Gill's Exposition on Joshua 16:4

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.] As it fell to them by the lot; by Manasseh is meant the half tribe of Manasseh, one half of that tribe having been settled by Moses on the other side Jordan; and next follows an account of the borders of the inheritance of Ephraim in particular, as that of the half tribe of Manasseh is given in (<061701>Joshua 17:1-18).
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